The economic motivation of open source software: Stakeholder perspectives

Computer

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 25-32

  Riehle, Dirk ^a  

^a SAP RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Open source software; Software development

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247609183     PISSN: 00189162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MC.2007.147     Document Type: Article

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